WWF-Mozambique: Our solutions

A snapshot of our work in Mozambique

Island-hopping across Mozambique’s archipelagos, or lost in the vastness of the Miombo woodlands, our focus remains the same: Protect sensitive ecosystems and endangered species while help poor people rise out of poverty. Here’s how it goes.

Marine conservation

Off the coast of Mozambique lies the Quirimbas Archipelago, a chain of 28 islands stretching almost 800 km. Eleven of these islands make the Quirimbas National Park, where WWF is making sure that park infrastructure is in place, park personnel are available and that linkages exist among various stakeholders within the park.


Similar work is under way in the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park. There, we seeks to involve community organisations in the protection, management and sustainable use of the national park, together with the management authority and private sector partners.

Forest and woodland conservation

Mozambique’s borders straddle several important ecoregions of eastern Africa, including the Miombo woodlands, a 3.6 million km² area dominated by woody vegetation that has been shaped by the interaction of people, fire and wildlife (especially elephants).

A stable political situation, growing human populations, and the resulting pressure in land use has motivated WWF to work with local communities to improve their lives without sacrificing natural resources.

An important component of our work is linking the poor with markets by seeking opportunities, as well as supporting various value-adding schemes to enable their goods to compete on the market.


Another key ecoregion where we work is the Great Rovuma Wilderness, an area straddling the Rovuma River that borders Tanzania and Mozambique. Home to wild dogs, eland and a large population of elephants, the area also contains important marine habitats and wetlands of global significance. But this is also home to some of the poorest people in the world, and over-exploitation of natural resources is threatening the resource base of future generations.

WWF is exploring in depth the threats to natural resource and opportunities in the area, and developing a comprehensive resource management strategy. Over time, pilot community-based resource use and management measures is expected to lead to increased community ownership of, benefits from, and care for the natural resources of the area.